"are all related to each other in some way, according to Coats, sharing common content, structure and genre for communicating the content. In all three stories a promise for progeny is not a factor in the content and the structure rather the narratives have a focus on blessing. Hepner concludes, through Biblical exegesis and semantics, that it is plausible that the union of Abraham and Sarah was actually incestuous with Sarah being Abraham's half-sister. For example, in Genesis 20: 13, Abraham, talking to Abimelech, alludes to Leviticus laws or the Holiness code, by using the phrase ""lovingkindness."" The same word"
"continuing to trouble her. According to one tradition it was when Pharaoh saw these miracles wrought in Sarai's behalf that he gave her his daughter Hagar as slave, saying: ""It is better that my daughter should be a slave in the house of such a woman than mistress in another house."" Abimelech acted likewise. Sarah is the sister of Abram by another mother and wife of Abram as described in the Hebrew Bible (the Book of Genesis). In Genesis 17:15, God changes her name to Sarah (princess) (""a woman of high rank"") as part of the covenant with El Shaddai"
"Sarah (given name) Sarah is a Hebrew feminine given name found in many different areas of the world. Sarah is a consistently popular given name across Europe and North America, as well as in the Middle East—being commonly used as a female first name by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, and remaining popular also among non-religious members of cultures influenced by these religions. Frequently, the name refers to Sarah, the wife of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Old Testament, and the Islamic Quran. In Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian, it means ""woman of high rank"", often simply translated as"
"in later Islamic history, Hamzah, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hasan and Husayn, Umar ibn Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan. Sarah (Arabic: سارة, ""Sāra""), the wife of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Ibrāhīm (Abraham) and the mother of the prophet Ishaq (Isaac) is an honoured woman in the Islamic faith. According to Muslim belief, she was Abraham's first wife. Although not mentioned by name in the Qur'an, she is referenced and alluded to via the story of her husband. She lived with Abraham throughout her life and, although she was barren, God promised her the birth of a prophetic son and a"
"Keturah Keturah () was a concubine and wife of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah. Abraham and Keturah had six sons. One modern commentator on the Hebrew Bible has called Keturah ""the most ignored significant person in the Torah"". The medieval Jewish commentator Rashi, and some previous rabbinical commentators, related a traditional belief that Keturah was the same person as Hagar, although this idea cannot be found in the biblical text. The biblical traditions concerning Abraham and related characters are regarded as non-historical by some"
"Hagar Hagar (, ""Hagar"", of uncertain origin; Hājar; ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor. The name ""Hagar"" originates from the Book of Genesis; she is acknowledged in all Abrahamic religions. Hagar is alluded to in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife. ""This is a summary of the account of"
"unfaithful to Yahweh, especially in the Book of Hosea and the Book of Ezekiel; the descriptions of sexual acts and punishments of the metaphorical ""zonah"" in those books are brutal and pornographic. Abraham is an important figure in the Bible, yet ""his story pivots on two women."" Sarah was Abraham's wife and Hagar was Sarah's personal slave who became Abraham's concubine. Sarah had borne no children though God had promised them a child. Later in the story when Sarah hears the promise of God she does not believe it. ""Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past"
"available in Shakespeare's day, although the Tyndale Bible has ""Iisca"" as does the Coverdale Bible, the Geneva Bible has ""Iscah"", and the earlier Wycliffe Bible has ""Jescha"". The Matthew Bible (1537) has ""Iesca"". Iscah Iscah ( ""Yiskāh"", Greek Ιεσχά) is the daughter of Haran and the niece of Abraham in the Book of Genesis. The passage in which Iscah is mentioned is extremely brief. As a result rabbinical scholars have developed theories to explain it, typically adopting the claim that Iscah was an alternate name for Sarah (Sarai), the wife of Abraham, particularly that it denoted her role as a"
"as Abraham. In the Torah, Abraham refers to Sarah as his sister. According to Jewish Tradition, Sarah was Abraham's niece, Iscah (Jessica). (Haran, brother of Abraham, was the father of both Milcah and Iscah. There is a Jewish oral tradition that Milcah is the ancestor of all prophets of non-Jewish nations.) Before fathering Isaac, Abraham had a son, Ishmael, with Sarah's maidservant, Hagar the Egyptian. After Sarah died, Abraham also had six other children with a woman named Keturah. Isaac alone came from the maternal line of Sarah. The Torah's story line continues with the life of Isaac. ""The Nation"
"her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother...Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise...Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman."" Sarah (Arabic: سارة ""Sāra""), the wife of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Abraham and the mother of the prophet Isaac, is an honoured woman in the Islamic faith. In Islam, she is the cousin of Abraham rather than sister due to Haran being her father who was a cousin to Terah. She lived with Abraham throughout her life and, although she was barren,"
"Desert of Paran The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran (also sometimes spelled Pharan or Faran; , ""Midbar Pa'ran""), is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the places where the Israelites spent part of their 40 years of wandering after the Exodus, and was also a home to Ishmael, and a place of refuge for David. In Islamic tradition, it has often been equated with an area of the Hejaz. The Wilderness or Desert of Paran is said to be the place where the Egyptian servant girl Hagar of Abraham's wife Sarai (who by"
"discovered her dead. According to the Genesis Rabbah, during Sarah's lifetime her house was always hospitably open, the dough was miraculously increased, a light burned from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and a pillar of cloud rested upon the entrance to her tent. The First Epistle of Peter praises Sarah for obeying her husband. She is praised for her faith in the Hebrews ""hall of faith"" passage alongside a number of other Old Testament figures. Other New Testament references to Sarah are in Romans and Galatians. In Galatians 4, she and Hagar are used as an allegory of the old"
"weaned. It was during this banquet that Sarah happened upon the then teenaged Ishmael mocking and was so disturbed that she requested that both he and Hagar be removed from their company. Abraham was initially distressed by this but relented when told by God to do as his wife had asked. After being visited by the three men, Abraham and Sarah settled between Kadesh and Shur in the land of the Philistines. While he was living in Gerar, Abraham again claimed that Sarah was his sister. King Abimelech subsequently had her brought to him. Later, God came to Abimelech in"
"Iscah Iscah ( ""Yiskāh"", Greek Ιεσχά) is the daughter of Haran and the niece of Abraham in the Book of Genesis. The passage in which Iscah is mentioned is extremely brief. As a result rabbinical scholars have developed theories to explain it, typically adopting the claim that Iscah was an alternate name for Sarah (Sarai), the wife of Abraham, particularly that it denoted her role as a prophetess. The Babylonian Talmud connects the name Iscah to an Aramaic verbal rooting meaning ""to see"", connecting the name with prophetic foresight. Modern scholars are not convinced by the Talmud's explanation, and Iscah's"
"Salmon would probably have been a contemporary of Joshua and part of the generation of Israelites who entered the promised land. Rahab's marriage to Salmon is not mentioned in the account of her hiding Joshua's messengers sent out to spy out Jericho, although the narrative regarding her role concludes that ""she dwells in Israel to this day"". Salmon (biblical figure) Salmon ( ""Śalmōn"") or Salmah (שַׂלְמָה ""Śalmāh"", ) is a person mentioned in genealogies in both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and in the New Testament. He was the son of Nahshon, married Rahab (possibly Rahab, harlot of Jericho), and"
"Milcah Milcah ( ""Milkāh"", related to the Hebrew word for ""queen"") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor, according to the genealogies of Genesis. She is identified as the grandmother of Rebecca in biblical tradition, and some texts of the Midrash have identified her as Sarahs sister. One of the Yahwist passages from Genesis identifies Haran is the father of Iscah and Milcah. Some rabbinic texts within the Midrashic tradition have identified the aforementioned Iscah as Sarah. According to the Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi Isaac Nappaha, who was one of the Palestinian rabbis, said that Iscah and Sarah"
"Milcah Milcah ( ""Milkāh"", related to the Hebrew word for ""queen"") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor, according to the genealogies of Genesis. She is identified as the grandmother of Rebecca in biblical tradition, and some texts of the Midrash have identified her as Sarahs sister. One of the Yahwist passages from Genesis identifies Haran is the father of Iscah and Milcah. Some rabbinic texts within the Midrashic tradition have identified the aforementioned Iscah as Sarah. According to the Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi Isaac Nappaha, who was one of the Palestinian rabbis, said that Iscah and Sarah"
"as a foil to their mother, who conspired with the people of Sodom by alerting them to Lot's guests. While their mother was therefore condemned to the same fate as the sinners in Sodom, Lot's daughters were spared and escaped owing to their personal atonement. In contrast to the Old Testament and the Torah, Sarah, wife of the Prophet Abraham, plays a decidedly smaller role in the Qur'an. In both the Christian and Jewish tradition she is the mother of the chosen son, Isaac, and therefore a more important person. However, it is the Islamic belief that Ishmael, son of"
"Keturah's sons were said to have represented the Arab tribes who lived south and east of Palestine (). According to the African writer Olaudah Equiano, the 18th-century English theologian John Gill believed the African people were descended from Abraham and Keturah. According to the Bahá'í author John Able, Bahá'ís consider their founder, Bahá'u'lláh, to have been ""descended doubly, from both Abraham and Sarah, and separately from Abraham and Keturah."" Keturah Keturah () was a concubine and wife of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah. Abraham"
"as 1988, Anna Goldman-Amirav in ""Reproductive and Genetic Engineering"" wrote of Hagar within ""the Biblical 'battle of the wombs' [which] lay the foundation for the view of women, fertility, and sexuality in the patriarchal society"". Hagar Hagar (, ""Hagar"", of uncertain origin; Hājar; ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor. The name ""Hagar"""
"Sariah According to the Book of Mormon, Sariah () was the wife of Lehi, and the mother of Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. The Book of Mormon also mentions Jacob, and Joseph, two additional sons born to Lehi after his departure from Jerusalem, but does not explicitly name Sariah as their mother, though no other wife of Lehi is ever named. 1 Nephi 18:19 does make it fairly certain that sariah is their mother. She traveled with her husband from Jerusalem, into the wilderness, and eventually, across the ocean to the ""promised land"" (the Americas). She is perhaps best known"
"Hagar from and 21."" Hagar was the Egyptian slave of Sarah, Abraham's wife. Sarah had been barren for a long time and sought a way to fulfill God's promise to Abraham that Abraham would be father of many nations, especially since they were getting older, so she offered Hagar to Abraham as a second wife. Hagar became pregnant, and tension arose between the two women. Sarah complained to Abraham, and treated Hagar harshly, and Hagar ran away. Hagar fled into the desert on her way to Shur. At a spring en route, an angel appeared to Hagar, who instructed her"
"reportedly sent messengers to Livorno to bring Sarah to him, and they were married at Halabi's house. Her beauty and eccentricity reportedly helped him gain new followers. Through her a new romantic and licentious element entered Sabbatai's career. Even the overturning of her past scandalous life was seen by Sabbatai's followers as additional confirmation of his messiahship, following the biblical story of the prophet Hosea, who had also been commanded to take a ""wife of whoredom"" as the first symbolic act of his calling. With Halabi's financial and political backing, a charming wife, and many additional followers, Sabbatai triumphantly returned"
"became known as the Cave of the Patriarchs. Sarah is mentioned alongside Abraham in : The Talmud identifies Sarai with Iscah, daughter of Abraham's deceased brother Haran, so that in this Sarah turns out to be the niece of Abraham and the sister of Lot and Milcah. Rashi on Genesis 20:12 ""She is [indeed] my sister, my father's daughter."" - And the daughter of [one's] father [from a different mother] is permitted to a son of Noah, [i.e., a non-Jew], for there is no [ halachic relationship {with regard to forbidden marriages} through] paternity for non-Jews. In order to bear"
"Shuah Shuah () is the name of one of four minor Biblical figures. It is sometimes used as the name of a fifth. Their names are different in Hebrew, but they were all transliterated as ""Shuah"" in the King James Version. Shuah (Hebrew: שׁוּחַ, pronounced ""Shuakh"", ""ditch; swimming; humiliation"" or ""sinks down"") was the sixth son of Abraham (the patriarch of the Israelites) and Keturah, whom Abraham had wed after the death of Sarah. He was the youngest of Keturah's sons; the others were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, and Ishbak. Shuah in Greek is Σωυε, transliterated Soie. Josephus gave his"
"Ishmaelites According to the Book of Genesis, Ishmaelites (Arabic: ""Bani Isma'il"", Hebrew: ""Bnai Yishma'el"") are the descendants of Ishmael, the elder son of Abraham and the descendants of the twelve sons and princes of Ishmael. In the Quran; """"God has gifted all of Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah and Lot a favour above the nations"""". """"With some of their forefathers and their offspring and their brethren; and We chose them and guided them unto a straight path"""". According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham's first wife was named Sarah and her Egyptian slave was named Hagar. However Sarah could not conceive. According"
"story of Hagar demonstrates that survival is possible even under harshest conditions. Hājar or Haajar (Arabic: هاجر), is the Arabic name used to identify the wife of Ibrāhīm (Abraham) and the mother of Ismā'īl (Ishmael). Although not mentioned by name in the Qur'an, she is referenced and alluded to via the story of her husband. She is a revered woman in the Islamic faith. According to Muslim belief, she was the Egyptian handmaiden of Ibrāhīm's first wife Sara (Sarah). She eventually settled in the Desert of Paran with her son Ismā'īl. Hājar is honoured as an especially important matriarch of"
"because she was a half-sister by a different mother. Sarah has been featured in several novels, and she is the central character in ""Sarah"" by Orson Scott Card in the Women of Genesis series, ""Sarai: A Novel"" by Jill Eileen Smith, and ""Sarah: A Novel"" by Marek Halter. In the Christian fiction novel ""Redeeming Love"" by Francine Rivers, the protagonist, called ""Angel"" throughout the duration of the story, is barren. At the end of the book, she reveals that her birth name is ""Sarah"" to her husband, who takes the revelation as a promise from God that they will one"
"is known about Sarah, but she 'reputedly participated in a guerrilla action against Muhammad before a Muslim agent killed her.' Sarah of Yemen Sarah of Yemen (, fl. C6 CE) is noted as one of the small number of Arabic-language female poets known for the seventh century CE. It is possible that she was Jewish, in which case she is one of only three attested female medieval Jewish poets (the others being the anonymous, tenth-century wife of Dunash ben Labrat and the probably twelfth-century Qasmuna). The poem attributed to her survives in the tenth-century anthology named ""Kitab al-Aghani"": The eulogy"
"not deviate from the story told in Genesis and the Book of Abraham, although some of the details are reinterpreted. Sarah begins life as a princess of Ur in Mesopotamia. She is hard-working and humble especially compared to her older sister Qira. Sarai is promised to become a priestess for the goddess Asherah, while Qira is to marry a desert prince named Lot. Sarai's thoughts on a life as a priestess change when Lot arrives with his uncle Abram who promises Sarai that he'll come back and marry her. Sarah (Card novel) Sarah: Women of Genesis (2000) is the first"
"of the roof. Dennis Hanks described Sarah: She treated Sarah and Abraham the same as her own children, earning the lasting affection of Abraham. Age 10 when she arrived, he always addressed her as ""Mama."" She encouraged his appetite for reading and learning, including access to books she had brought from Kentucky, including the Bible, ""Aesop's Fables"", ""The Pilgrim's Progress"" and ""Lessons in Elocution"". Sarah's daughter Elizabeth married Dennis Hanks in 1821 and the couple lived in their own home about a half a mile from Sarah and Thomas' home. In 1823 Sarah, Thomas and his daughter, joined the nearby"
"Rebecca Rebecca appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca was the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim, and sister of Laban the Aramean. She was the grand daughter of Milcah (Sarahs sister according to Talmudic teachings) and Nahor (brother of Abraham). Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Leah. After the Binding of Isaac,"
"Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi Isaac presumes that the two men with the name Haran are one person. If that is true, then Milcah married to her uncle. Although Leviticus would later outlaw marriages between aunt and nephew ( 20:19), it did not rule out marriage between uncle and niece. (See, e.g., Gunther Plaut, ""The Torah: a Modern Commentary"", 881. New York: UAHC, 1981.) The Talmud approved of a man who married his sister’s daughter. (Yevamot 62b-63a.) And in the Talmud, Rabbi Isaac equates Milcah’s sister Iscah with Sarah (then Sarai), in which case Abraham would have married his brother Harans daughter."